Trades and Labor Council of Queensland

This is the Queensland State Branch of the Australian Council of Trade Union and was established in 1885.

From the description of Records. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 221023339

A Board of Management for the Brisbane Trades and Labour Hall and Literary Institute was formed on 4 February 1889 replacing the existing Trades Hall Committee. In 1922, the Trades Hall Council in Brisbane amalgamated with the Trades and Labour Council of Queensland. By 1952 the title of the Council had standardized as the Trades and Labor Council of Queensland.

From the description of Records [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225778131

The Trades and Labor Council of Queensland was established in 1922. In 1993 it became the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Queensland Branch. In 1999 it was renamed the Queensland Council of Unions.

The collection reflects not only the emergence of the central organising body of the Trades and Labor Council of Queensland, achieved in 1947, but the often radical and pioneering nature of the Queensland labour movement itself. This is especially to be seen in documents relating to the 1890s shearers' strikes, the Cosme Settlement, the 1912 tramway strike, the 1946/48 strikes and those of the 1960s.

From the description of Records, 1894- [manuscript]. 1894- (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 505761705